Gators Ranked No. 8 in First Swimming & Diving Poll of 2015
Thursday, January 15, 2015 | Women's Swimming & Diving
GAINESVILLE, Fla. -- The Florida women's swimming and diving team is No. 8 in the first College Swimming Coaches Association of America rankings of 2015, CSCAA officials announced on Thursday.
Head Coach Gregg Troy's Gators last competed in a dual meet at 22nd-ranked Florida State, where UF downed the Seminoles, 185-115, to open the New Year on January 3rd.
In dual meets. Florida is 4-2, with Southeastern Conference victories over Arkansas, No. 20 LSU and Kentucky. UF's losses came against currently ranked No. 11 Minnesota and No. 1 Georgia.
Elsewhere in the rankings, California, Georgia, Stanford, Texas A&M and Texas rank in the top-five. Other SEC schools in the poll include No. 7 Tennessee, No. 10 Auburn and No. 25 Alabama.
Florida next competes at Auburn on Jan. 24, before returning home a week later on Jan. 31 to finish off its regular season against Tennessee in the Stephen C. O'Connell Center Natatorium.
Founded in 1922, the CSCAA is a professional organization of coaches dedicated to serving and providing leadership for the advancement of collegiate swimming and diving. The CSCAA Division I Poll Committee will produce in-season rankings of the 25 best performing teams in rank order at the time of each poll. The poll is not designed to predict the results of the NCAA Championship, but rather which teams would win head-to-head against other teams in the country. Rankings are based on performances that have taken place since the previous poll and include invites as well as dual meets.
